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Kevjet - The Podcast with special guest, Cy Curnin
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Cy Curnin has made a career as town crier in the global village. His observational songs have sometimes been prompted by concern or cloaked in fear. Just as often, they’re infused with the urgency to communicate hope and empathy to all who listen, with the aim of mobilizing and dispersing the message from that base. The Cold War demons that motivated Fixx classics like “Stand or Fall” and “Red Skies at Night” have resurfaced in tension between North Korea and the United States. Xenophobia and racial division are evident in Brexit and Western anti-immigration policies. Although he wishes it were not so, it seems there is still urgent need for Curnin’s clarion calls to practice deliberate acts of love and reason. “It’s a continuation of the same thing,” says Curnin. “‘All I need is a small war,’ said Henry IV. It’s good for business.”
Curnin’s work with The Fixx is marked by bracing anthems and winsome melody, picking up threads from New Romantic influences like Roxy Music and adventurous artists including David Bowie. Curnin’s own fresh material delves instead into the singer-songwriter tradition of standard-bearers like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell. “They were able to seize the power of the word, and penetrate consciousness through the conduit of music – sublimely,” says Curnin. “You didn’t realize you were getting a huge pill with the sugar.”
Through steady use, Curnin’s singing voice remains vigorous and finely tuned. The firebrand who sang the strident “One Thing Leads to Another” on 1982’s “Reach the Beach” was easily recognized in floor-shaking tracks like “Shaman” from The Fixx’s 2012 offering “Beautiful Friction,” and his subtle command remained evident in the elegant title track. Those qualities are thrown further into relief on new tracks like “Superseded.”
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